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N0. 95,540. Patented Oct-5, 1869.

cthiitnl ndert HENRY H. TRENOR, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 95,540, dated October 5, 1869.

IMPROVBMENTIN AUTOMATIC PASSENGER-REGISTER Tile Sahedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LHENRY H. TRESOR, of the city of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful 1mprovement in Mechanism or Apparatus for Registering Persons or rlhings, entering any place or vehicle, or passing over such apparatus; and I do hereby dcclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, and of its mode or manner of operation, reference being had tothe accom pauyin g drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and making a part of-this specification.

The nature of myinventiou coulsistsin the construction and arrangement of a peculiar mechanism or apparatus, which can be applied to or connected with any place of entrance, leading either to an edifice, apartment, or bridge, zc., or which can be combined with a vehicle of any kind, and which will register or record the passing of any person or thing, as a'vehicle, &c entering any such building, apaltment, bridge, or vehicle. and by which the weight of the person or thing, so passing into such place, is caused to register or record his, her, or its passing.

Figure 1 illustrates one method of arranging such mechanism or apparatus, with the dei'ice for raising the same.

Figure 2 shows the registering or recording-incohanism or apparatus.

A yielding step or platform, A, and which may be inserted in or made a pmt of the. floor of any building or entrance-way, or which may be made one ot' the steps, when the ap )aratus is connected with a vehicle, is combined wit i a suitable spring, B, or springs, when more lthan one is required, in such a manner that when any person or thing passes upon suoli step or platform, it will yield or sink alittle under such weight, but as soon asthe pressure. is removed therefrom, the spring B will elevate the step or platform to its natural or normal position. Such spring or springs may be attached to a frame-work, within which the step or platform moves, as shown in the drawings, or may be placed directly under such platform, or may be arranged in many different ways, according to the circumstauces or location under which the yielding platform is applied to or combined with diti'erent structures, it being only necessary that suc-h spring or springs will permit the descent of the platform when pressure upon it, and will quickly and certainly carry up such platform,as soon as the weight or pressure is removed therefrom.

Fig. l shows, by heavy lines, such platihrin or step in its natural position, or when no pressure is upon it, and also, in red lines, such step in position when pressure has carried it down somev little distance. V

In practical use and operation, the extent ofthe downward movement of the stcp or platform may be regulated, as desired, and generally a descent of a quarter ofan inch will be suticient.

C represents a guide-rod, to steady thc movements of the platform A, but any suitable device or arrangement may be used for this purpose.

Connecting with the step or platform either by oneof its upright sides u, as shown in the drawing, or in any suitable manner, is an arm, l), which rnovos vertically up and down with the step or platform and which carries one or more piercing-points or rods c c', which, as the step is forced down, pass through n stripoi` paper, iuuslin, or other suitable. material, d, supported between slides or leaves e c', or in any sul'- icient manner, and, by such perioration, register or record the passing of the individual or thing passing on or over the platform or step A.

Such strip d is wound upon nud carried by a drum, D, and its movement and delivery, so as to prevent its being peribrated more than"once inany place, controlled by means of a weight, E, or by a drum, upon which it winds, and which is revolved by means of n. s ning. which latter device is considered most preferle. y

Attached to one of the side. supports of the yielding step or plat-fln'm is a slotted arm or plate, F, which h'as notion ou a centro or pivot-, and through the islet, in which passes the piercer-arm l), which is lconnected with the step A. This slotted arm or plate F does not, when in its normal positiou,stand vertically, but is inclined, as shown iniig. l, so that as the step and arm-b are pressed down, such slotted plat-e will be moved in the direction of the arrow l, shown in iig.l.

Turning on the same pivot j', and connected with the slotted plateF,is a ibrked or anchor-lever,G, having pallets at its ends, which workviu and-act against the escapement-wheel H, which isiixed to ,thcpapercarrying drum l), such escapement and drum beingr supported by 'a bracket or arm, 1,/

Fig. 2 shows the position ott-ne anchor and escapemeut, when the step or platform ik is in its natural -position, or when no pressure is upon it.

As soon as pressure bears upon the step A, and the. piercer-arm b descends, and thc perthrating-pointscc enter the paper, the 'slotted plate and anchor are moved in the direction ofthe arrows l, and the pallet 2 lifted from the tooth of the escapemcnt, so that as Soon as these point-s are drawn from out the paper, tho weight E, or its equivalent, will draw the paperribbon (l a certain distance, equal to the. space between any two escapement teeth, and bring the next toot-h ofthe est-apernent against tho pallet, as seen in fig. 2.

Every pressure on tho step A thus not only registers the passage of the individual or thing producing tho pressure, but also causes given progression of the paper or other ribbon, so as to receive another periforation in a different place.. I

The cutcnt of the descent of the s'tepAwill, of course, vary according to the weight resting'v upon it. 'Bhe piercer-arm b may therefore he fitted with different piercers, so graduated as to lengths that the longer will pierce the paper when the least weight is on the step, and the shortest will only enter the paper when the heaviest weight is on the platform. Each separate piercer may thus represent a given increase' of weight, and the register can thus be twofold, showing not only the number 0f persons or things passing over thc platform, or on the step, but, approximately, their diffrent weights.

As will be at once apparent, this mechanism or apparatus can readily be applied, not only to permanent places, astheatres, and ediiices of all kinds, bridges, and the like, but can also be attached to public vehicles, and other movable structures.

lts registering-mechanism can also be placed beyond the control orinterference of conductors, servant-s, Sac., and the perforated ribbon, when unwound, will correetly indicate the number of passing persons or articles.

What -I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is-

1. In combination with a. step or platform, so constructed as to descend by pressure upon it, and ascend or move back when the pressure is removed, the arrangement ofthe perforating-points c c', one or more, and of the paper or other ribbon, to receive the perforations, when combined and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with a yielding step or platform and pertbratingfinechanism, as described in the last claim, the arrangement of the inclined slotted plate F, or its equivalent, and the anchor pallets and escapement-wheel, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

HENRY H. TRENOR.

Witnesses:

FRED. B. SEARS, S. D. LAW. 

